CityMag met Swapmeet to discuss their beginnings and success under a different name, why they swapped it, and releasing a debut EP.
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Last time we mentioned our guaranteed win Christmas items (as a reminder: books, chocolate, Campari) we forgot to mention music. Luckily, Imprints are helping us out with a title that ticks off both the books and the music categories.
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There are three things guaranteed to be winners under the CityMag Christmas tree - books, chocolate and Campari. Here's a head start on the first option.
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We’ve teamed up with Jason Lake and Katherine Woehlert at Imprints Booksellers to bring you a reading list for each season, because too many books are still never enough.
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The true value of a good bookstore is the bookseller. They curate every shelf – across true crime, historical fiction, autobiography and everything in between – and can offer astute advice on what should and shouldn’t be added to the towering pile of books waiting next to your bed.
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Connor traces the fading tie between cigarette and serious literature as he reviews Gregor Hens’ Nicotine.
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Ahead of Stan Grant's appearance this Thursday as part of the Hawke Centre's program, Connor meanders through the author's sophomore outing - Talking to My Country - and finds a work that could be one of the most important books released in recent Australian memory.
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In the search for meaning and understanding amid the machinations of Australian politics, Connor argues something a little more in-depth than the news cycle but a little shy of an epic is needed – and he finds it in the Quarterly Essay.
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Miranda July’s work has always provoked extreme reactions that range from joy to frustration. As she releases her debut novel, Connor examines the book and the way critics approach the work.
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Ahead of appearances in the coming week by John Darnielle and Roxane Gay at Adelaide Writers’ Week, Connor takes on their latest respective works and finds two very different stories that share a penchant for layered meaning.
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